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Erfinder und Allegorien der Landwirtschaft und Industrie

Inventors and allegories of Agriculture and Industry

Description

Until 1913 on this spot the Kriegsministerium was located. The present building was built in 1912-1914 after a design of the architects Ernst von Gotthilf-Miskolczy and Alexander Neumann. One of the sculptures above the entrance is signed W. HEYDA, who is maybe the sculptor of all decorations.

Four stone reliefs with portraits and objects in the façade of the former Niederösterreichische Escompte-Gesellschaft.

GVTENBERG, 1397-1468
with a printing press.
Johannes Gutenberg (Mainz c. 1398 - 1468),
German goldsmith, credited with being the inventor of the mechanical printing press
(Wikipedia).

KOLVMBVS, 1456-1506
with a ship
Christopher Columbus (Republic of Genua, c. 1451 - Valladolid 1506),
Italian explorer, who under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents
(see Background Information).

ALESS. VOLTA, 1745-1827
with a electrical battery
Count Alessandro Volta (Como 1745 - Camnago 1827)
Italian physicist, chemist, and a pioneer of electricity and power, who is credited as the inventor of the electrical battery
(Wikipedia).

JOS. RESSEL, 1793-1857
with a propellerJosef Ressel (Chrudim 1793 - Ljubljana 1857)
Czech Austrian forester and inventor who designed one of the first working ship's propeller
(Wikipedia).